(science and technology) The state or quality of being fragile, that is, brittle or easily broken.
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- The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness. See strong/weak.
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IN BRIEF: How easily broken a thing is.
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